Improvement in monkey-wrench



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4SAMUEL '-ZARLEY, oFNIANTo, ILLINOIS.

, Letters Pate'ntlll'o.V 97,849, dated December .14, 1869.

IMPRovEMEN'r 1N Monkey-WRENCH.

The"schedu1e referred tu in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all `whom 'it may convent:

Be it `known that I, SAMUEL ZA'RLEY, of Nantic, in the county of Macon, 'and State of 1llinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement 'in Monkey Wrenches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, `and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make' and use the same, reference being` had to the'aceompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view o f my improved wrench.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional v iew of the same, taken through the line a: x, fig.` 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

My invention has for its object to'furnish an improved monkeywrench, which shall be simple in cou` struction, rstrong and durable, `and easily and quickly adjusted tothe nut to be unscrewed; and. i

It consists in the construction` and combination of the various Aparts of the wrench, as hereinafter more fully described. y A is the stem, body, or shank of the Wrench, to one end of which the `stationary jaw Buis securelyattached.

' i Upon the otherV end of the stem nA'is attached the handle C, which is secured in yplace by a uut, D, screwed upon the end of the `saidstem A..

The part'of the stem A upon which" the movable Patentn i y The wrench, composed of` the stem orfshank A,

, jaw E is placed is made with au offset upon each side,

in opposite'directious, as shown in fig. 2, to give more bearing-points tothe movable jaw E, and thus giveritl a firmer seat upon said stem. l

E is the movable jaw, the hole or opening through `which for the stem A is made ofthe same formas the said stem Arso as to' it closely upon -it.

, F .is a set-screw, which passes in through the rear' end of the movable jaw E, and its forward end rests against the rear edge of t-he stem A, so as to secure lthe said jaw firmly iu place when adjusted to the nut to be operated upon. v

The adjacent-faces of the j'aws B and E are rough- Iened, or corrugated, to enable them to take a surer hold uponthe nut or other article to be held.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters shouldered on its opposite sides, the sliding jaw E,

its set-screw F, and the fixed jaw B,Vall constructed,

arranged, and operating as hereinshown and described. r SAMUEL'ZARLEY.

Witnesses:

. Tnos. A. PRITGHETT,

JOHN P.. FARIs. 

